body to make the definite decisions in following that line of endeavor.
If there are those doubts within self as to whether this body would be able to cope with, or to meet those conditions which so alter the outlook upon the whole activities of the body-physical, then it would be well that there be the separations entirely from such contemplations; and that the endeavors be rather in those lines in which he has associated, in the first city to which the body went seeking the employment. And through those channels in which the body expended its efforts may there be found that employment, as soon as there is sufficient time for the adjustment of general conditions—or by the first of June. This would allow sufficient lapse for the adjusting of conditions in the immediate surroundings, and time for the contemplation of those conditions as related to those suggestions that have been made.
Ready for questions…
(Q) Please give such advice and counsel as will aid me in getting a better hold on myself and in meeting the various conditions that arise from time to time.
(A) A self-analysis of the desires and wishes, and the fixing of self as toward some ideal outside of self will enable the body to better meet—mentally and materially—those conditions and problems that present themselves from time to time.
These, as the body—the mental abilities—will recognize, are necessary; for one to have an ideal to make for the impulse and activities towards working for some conditions as outside of self.
(Q) Any other advice for this body at this time?
(A) Hold to that which has been grounded in the latent impulses (as we have given), for the abilities are there. The faults are in that the ideals are shattered.
We are through for the present.
Reading 78-7
25-Year-Old Male, Follow-Up Reading
Ready for questions.
(Q) When and to whom shall I go to find employment at this time?
(A) First, we would consider all the conditions that surround the body from the economic angle; from the associations and relations that have existed, that do exist, in the present; also that which we have given through these channels as to what line of endeavor would offer for the body the environ that would bring about the better or more apt conditions, that would be in keeping with the abilities, the intents, the purposes that are innate and manifested in the experience of the entity.
Then, considering all these conditions, the environs, the surroundings, the conditions, and the experiences that the body has had to the present, we would advise that the present environs and the surroundings in the home associations be considered.
In the present it may appear that these would not justify the body continuing, nor justify the desires and the conditions for the body's outlook or the training of the body in its mental attributes (considering the associations in those activities of the body, and the body's parents' association). Yet, these have been—and these are, in the main—those sources from which the present supply of the material necessities must arise.
Hence it would be well that the body accomplish what it may in the present environs; and, during the period, take the necessary training—through a correspondence course—for the position that we have given should be, or would be, a satisfactory environ, that would be the beginning of the associations that would bring about satisfactory relationships.
Then, by the beginning of the next season either in the early portion of the year or, at least, by the spring or summer seasons, there should be the opening through these same channels, for the study and the preparations for a satisfactory connection and association for the body.
And, in the present conditions, those surroundings, those conditions that have been brought about by the activities of the body, the better connections would be in the associations at the present time; and these would offer for the body the better preparations for that which may be brought to pass in the experience of the body.
(Q) Is it advisable at this time, or any time in the future, for [W…] and I to get married?
(A) We would advise it at once, if satisfactory with those conditions that may be brought about for all concerned in the present—and would make for the best in the new environs that will develop. Be patient. Be persistent.
Because it is apparent, in the mind of the body, that the body may be looked upon as having failed in accomplishing or in conquering those associations and connections, should inspire rather than make discouragements in the body's experience.
Those individuals that are worth the name of being manly, or godly manly, are those that use the discouraging moments rather as the testing periods and make of them stepping-stones for that which may be accomplished in earnestness.
And remember, that which is to be constructive in the mental, the material or the spiritual life, must have its inception, its basis for its activities, in that which is true, pure, honest, sincere. Or, the body-mind, the mental forces, should feed more and more upon those things that are the builders…
(Q) Is there any special school of correspondence recommended?
(A) There are several different ones. The Cincinnati school, as we find, would be the most profitable—for the training as a whole. Or, the Buffalo school. Either are well, and both give—or prompt—the association and connections with the United Hotel Associations, that may present—for the interest and for the activities of the body—that which would be in line with those suggestions we have given.
These may be found advertised in many different groups. The LaSalle course is very good, from Chicago. But, as we find, the Cincinnati or Buffalo school connections are the most satisfactory for the hotel training.
(Q) Give me any advice or counsel that might help me find a job and financial independence.
(A) We would advise beginning where we are; using that in hand, making considerations for those about self, those dependent upon self; taking on those responsibilities that will not only aid but add to the respectability, the affability, the conditions that make for building character.
And, most of all, do not lose faith in self nor self's abilities, when trusting in the divine influences that are the birthright of every soul.
Reports of Reading 2071-2
33-Year-Old Female
Letter excerpt from [2071]
…felt that I should have an immediate business reading. I seem to have been surrounded with a great deal of confusion and uncertainty lately. Directional suggestions would be very welcome. I feel that I have made up for any transgressions in past experiences, for my way has been very difficult and I have by no means had the success some other artists enjoy—and certainly no “lucky breaks”. There are several fields of endeavor in which I am seeking to earn a livelihood—even…[my friends] do not know how serious my financial problem is, for one does not always like one's friends to know.
To be perfectly honest with you—I am a little tired of it all (that is, the constant striving for maintenance) and, while I do not say this in a spirit of fault-finding nor dissatisfaction, I would be thoroughly content
